Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Portland, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) – When a worker’s job makes an existing injury worse, both medical records and the nature of the job help determine whether the injury is compensable.  A worker for a tree removal […]

Logan, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whether an injury in a company parking lot is compensable is a tricky question that may hinge on a variety of factors, including what the worker was doing when the injury […]

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) – When a worker claims discrimination under workers’ compensation law in Maine, whether or not he’s pursued a claim could make a difference. Such was the case in Bailey v. Paul G. […]

Georgetown, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer can generally defeat a worker’s compensation retaliation case by highlighting the lack of causal connection between the employee’s protected activities and an adverse employment action.  That’s what the company […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In 2019, the average salary for an Orthopedic surgeon was estimated at $351,000, while the average annual household income was $64,000. In 2021, new reports estimated that Orthopedic surgeons earn average […]

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An employee can establish FMLA interference even if the employer did not actually deny him leave--at least, in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. In fact, merely discouraging an employee from pursuing a […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Adequate blood flow is an important factor to healing, and critical for a good outcome in limb injury cases. Any time a patient has a compromised vascular system, the risk for […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Bills passed at the federal and state level over the past months continue to further the protections for first responders.    On Aug. 16, President Joe Biden signed the Public Safety Officer […]